Economics
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At certain price points the changes announced by George Osborne have created a new mood of optimism among buyers
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Shadow chancellor says cutting spending to 1930s levels ‘will create Britain no one would want to live in’
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Politics Weekly George Osborne's autumn statement, Gordon Brown and Jeremy Thorpe – Politics Weekly podcast
Aditya Chakrabortty, Larry Elliott and Michael White join Tom Clark to discuss George Osborne's autumn statement, Gordon Brown's retirement and the death of former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe
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Unemployment rate stays at 5.9% and 9 million still out of work as Thanksgiving storms appear not to have hampered figures
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International Labour Organisation finds in three years to 2013 UK wages fared worse than most of the eurozone’s crisis hit economies
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Nils Pratley: Behind the verbal gymnastics, the eurozone economy sinks to its knees.
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George Osborne tells John Humphrys on Radio 4’s Today that BBC reports are rewind of 2010 cutbacks coverage that wrongly predicted return to ‘George Orwell’ world
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How the country could look in six years’ time if spending cuts and austerity measures continue
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The chancellor has accused his critics of hyperbole, but his autumn statement leaves him little room for manoeuvre
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Institute for Fiscal Studies statement prompts chancellor to condemn ‘hyperbolic news coverage’ on spending plans
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Martin Kettle: George Osborne struggles because the post-Thatcherite mood that swept Tony Blair to power has still not receded
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Business secretary pushes for more data from Office for Budget Responsibility before Commons vote on new budget charter
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Gaby Hinsliff: It’s a warning light flashing. In a healthy society parents would be happy to let their children cope on their own
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Editorial: George Osborne’s plans would roll back the state to the 1930s, and puff up household debt beyond bubble levels. It is neither a desirable nor a likely mix – yet it reigns unchallenged
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2014 forecast cut to 0.8% from the 0.9% predicted three months ago as bank says it will reassess policy measures next year
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Letters: Those with the least, those needing essential services are staring at the precipice. It’s not only the squeezed middle but the crushed bottom we need to worry about
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George Osborne plans to cut billions off tax credits bill, which could reduce income of a working-poor family with one child by £350 a year
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Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the reaction to the 2014 autumn statement, including George Osborne’s interviews and the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ briefings
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Institute for Fiscal Studies says scale of cuts planned by chancellor will force a ‘fundamental re-imagining of the state’
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European Central Bank will reassess stimulus measures in early 2015, and cuts growth and inflation forecasts again
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The Autumn Statement raised as many questions as it provided answers. Kieron Flanagan explores some of the implications for science policy
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Alan Harding: If devolution is to mean anything it must be done in a way that ensures true economic rebalancing with London’s super-region
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It might help some first time buyers for a while, but the chancellor’s autumn statement doesn’t start to address the capital’s biggest housing issues
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Deputy PM says he co-authored document and chose to go to Cornwall to meet ‘normal people’ rather than attend Commons
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Nouriel Roubini: Monetary policy has borne the burden of supporting faltering growth via weaker currencies and higher net exports
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Chancellor hits out during interview on Today programme insisting projections of a return to 1930s levels are wrong
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Six of the bottom eight countries in the latest Ipsos financial security monitor are EU member states. But, on the back of strong economic data, Britain bucks the general trend
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World Bank leader Jim Yong Kim is behaving like “the 1%” say bank staff, amid rising anger over the restructuring reforms
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Chancellor’s plan could require cuts to police, local government and justice amounting to a further £60bn by 2019-20
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Spending watchdog says more austerity needed to get deficit cut on track after chancellor misses short-term targets
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As Tories promise ever more aggressive cuts and Miliband and Balls seem confused, every party loses in echoes of past
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Labour MP tackles chancellor on deficit and says growth has been revised downwards ‘year after year after year’
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Office for Budget Responsibility expecting higher growth of 3% and 2.4% this year and next, but it will fall to 2.2% in 2016
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Simon Jenkins: The chancellor, patron saint of mega projects, has offered a fantasy splurge and shown himself as a wily figure
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Topics
- Autumn statement 2014
- George Osborne
- Budget
- Economic policy
- Conservatives
- Tax and spending
- Public sector cuts
- Public finance
- Ed Balls
- Labour
- Budget deficit
- Tax
- Public services policy
- Liberal-Conservative coalition
- Economic growth (GDP)
- Office for Budget Responsibility
- Government borrowing
- Europe
- Property
- Euro
George Osborne may live to regret his rush towards Wigan pier